2nd Grade Reading Resources : Page 2

Your students will read two short stories, then compare and contrast the characters, problems, solutions, and themes with the help of a graphic organizer.

What will you be doing on Saturday? Jamie will be on a fishing boat with her grandpa. Read all about her grandpa's boat and then answer the questions.

Little gardeners, get to know your plants! See the cycle of a plant from its birth to adulthood, and read a bit about photosynthesis too.

Learn about the USA's three branches of government and where each one works.

Teachers can use this general organizer template for main idea and details, pre-writing, word analysis, brain dumps, concept mapping, background knowledge collection, and more.

Want to help your young readers learn to discern the central message or lesson of fictional stories? Have your students read this short version of the classic fable of the "Lion and the Mouse" by Aesop to practice determining the moral.

What happened first? Have your young reader find the beginning, middle, and end of this short story. Use the illustrations to help her picture the events.

Does your little learner have a tough time paying attention? Give him a fun activity where he'll practice following directions in order to solve a riddle.

In this worksheet, students will read two different passages about the platypus. Kids will compare and contrast the passages, and identify the main ideas.

Get to know the White House and the U.S. Capitol in this social studies matching worksheet!

Ask students to read an interesting biography about Dr. Mae Jemison and then answer questions about the text!

Story webs organize a story into one main idea and several details. Help your second grader read the story, then analyze it using the story web.

Reading has so many benefits for kids, such as improving vocabulary and language skills and helping to develop imagination and concentration. Reading logs are a great way for you and your students to keep track of their reading throughout the week!

This worksheet helps your child focus on prediction and comprehension in "The Boy Who Cried Wolf." Kids will read the classic fable and answer written prompts.

This story map will help organize students' retelling of stories while reinforcing the concepts of sequencing, main idea, character traits, and setting.

Build comprehension skills with this reading page on cause and effect for kids.

There's nothing better than a mug of hot chocolate! Your child can work on their writing skills as they describe how to make a great cup of cocoa.

This short fictional text can be used to help students determine words and phrases the author uses to help the reader figure out the central message of the story.

This worksheet provides students with an opportunity to closely examine the difference between a topic and main idea in a nonfiction text. After reading and completing Part 1 as a class, challenge your students to complete Part 2 on their own or with a pa

Use this fun and interesting worksheets about maps to help your students use sentence level context clues, examples, and logic to decode text and become more fluent in reading informational text.

Use this graphic organizer to have students write words or draw pictures to complete the story map.

Learn how the animals of the Chinese Zodiac came to be with this Chinese New Year folktale! 

Children use their investigative skills and powers of deduction to complete a series of questions and prompts about their local government.  

Children learn about the life and legacy of civil rights activist Rosa Parks in this history worksheet.

Help students build key reading comprehension skills by creating a story map for a book that they read. Students practice retelling, identifying characters, and making connections.